School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)
- Location:
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mary Ledwith
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- (continued from previous page)Spell a broken down ditch in three letters.
Ans a Gap.
Spell enemy in three letters.
Ans Fox
a lepper a ditches a clipper a thorns a little brown cow and a pair of leather horns.
ans a hare?
Why is it that a cow looks across a fence.
Ans because she cannot look under it.
As round as an apple as plump as as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all. Ans The sun
Up chip-cherry and down chip-cherry and all the men in derry would'nt climb chip cherry. Ans The smoke
Long legs short tighs little head and no eyes. Ans A thongs
As black as silk as white as milk and it hops on the road like hail-stones. Ans A mag-pie(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrycam, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Patrick Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Garrycam, Co. Longford